Day in photos: Monday

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A sign marks a closed-off area at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The war crimes court convened with hearings against the five men accused of the Sept. 11 terrorist plot even as President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to close the offshore prison and move the trials to U.S. courts.

A sign marks a closed-off area at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The war crimes court convened with hearings against the five men accused of the Sept. 11 terrorist plot even as President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to close the offshore prison and move the trials to U.S. courts. (Brennan Linsley / Getty Images / Pool)

A sign marks a closed-off area at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The war crimes court convened with hearings against the five men accused of the Sept. 11 terrorist plot even as President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to close the offshore prison and move the trials to U.S. courts.